Ajax in the layout?

[David Just <Ju...@visionsolutions.com>]

Is it possible to have an Ajax request in the portal Layout?  For
example, if I wanted to a clock on the page that updates every 5 seconds
how would/can I go about doing that? (Without putting it in a portlet)
I'm thinking that I could add an AJAXAPI for doing it, but the returned
XML for those is Jetspeed proprietary.  I'd like to just return a
fragment of HTML. 

 

Anybody have a suggestion.

 

Thanks ahead of time.

Re: Ajax in the layout?

[David Sean Taylor <d....@onehippo.com>]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:09 AM, David Just <JustDDavidJust/Rochester/
LTI@visionsolutions.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to have an Ajax request in the portal Layout?  For
> example, if I wanted to a clock on the page that updates every 5 seconds
> how would/can I go about doing that? (Without putting it in a portlet)
> I'm thinking that I could add an AJAXAPI for doing it, but the returned
> XML for those is Jetspeed proprietary.  I'd like to just return a
> fragment of HTML.
>

Which version of Jetspeed are you using?

If you are using 2.1.3, best to use the decorator, just place your script
and custom html directly in there.

Nothing wrong with a portlets :-) You can even place portlets in the
decorator:

  String breadcrumbs = jetui.renderPortletWindow("jsBreadcrumbMenu",
"j2-admin::BreadcrumbMenu", rc);

With the 2.2.1 trunk, we are using templates, to have a set of portlets
repeatedly show across multiple pages without having to reference them, see
the toolbox or page navigator